H Is For Hawk Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Dec. 5, 2025

H Is For Hawk

Release Date: Thursday, November 27, 2025 Limited Friday, January 23, 2026 Theaters

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe

Starring: Claire Foy • Brendan Gleeson

PG-13 Drama N/A

79% WILL SEE 21% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: When Helen's beloved father passes away, she is knocked sideways by grief and loses herself in memories of their time birding and exploring the natural world together. She becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk, and so she brings the fearsome bird Mabel home to her life as a graduate fellow at Cambridge. Helen fills the freezer with hawk food and turns off her phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. But as she labours to tame Mabel, a grieving Helen undergoes an untaming of her own.

Drama

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Who stars in H Is For Hawk – Cast List

Claire Foy
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Brendan Gleeson
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Who is making H Is For Hawk – Crew List

A look at H Is For Hawk behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Philippa Lowthorpe last helmed Misbehaviour and Swallows and Amazons. The film's writer Emma Donoghue last penned The Wonder and Room.

Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Screenwriter: Emma Donoghue

Studios: Roadside Attractions
Production Company: Plan B Entertainment

Production – What we know about the H Is For Hawk

Key Facts

Based upon “H IS FOR HAWK” by Helen Macdonald. 2025-11-10

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Nov 2025

Completed

Changed H Is For Hawk movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2024

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for some strong language, and smoking
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

H Is For Hawk Trailers and Clips

H Is For Hawk

Official Trailer

H Is For Hawk Release Date: When was the film released?

H Is For Hawk was released in limited movie theaters on Thursday, November 27 , 2025. As a limited release, H Is For Hawk was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

The estimated home release date for H Is For Hawk is currently being determined. Stay tuned!